Christian vegetarianism?

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michigan
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I think the animal cruelty argument and the health argument are valid points. (That's why I became a vegetarian over a decade ago.) After all, when these canons were written, there were no factory farms, growth hormones, or artificial chemical fertilizers!

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michigan wrote:

I think the animal cruelty argument and the health argument are valid points. (That's why I became a vegetarian over a decade ago.) After all, when these canons were written, there were no factory farms, growth hormones, or artificial chemical fertilizers!

Father Bless!

Dear Father Siluoan,

I have not that not going back to eating meat after lent has had a very benefical Spiritual effect. Vegetarianism really does lower sinful passions such as lust and anger.

Theophan.

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michigan wrote:

I think the animal cruelty argument and the health argument are valid points. (That's why I became a vegetarian over a decade ago.) After all, when these canons were written, there were no factory farms, growth hormones, or artificial chemical fertilizers!

This is exactly what I have been saying. Nothing is unclean in and of itself, but some things are just gross. :)

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Ebor wrote:

Do you use your own money to sustain yourself?

I usually pay for my breakfast and lunch, and receive free dinners for working in a college cafeteria. If meat is provided to me, and there is no other food available, I am not going to refuse.

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